{"id":4680,"date":"2013-07-24T21:14:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T20:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peakepro.com\/?p=4680"},"modified":"2014-03-12T18:52:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T18:52:09","slug":"mentors-mentors-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertpeake.com\/archives\/4680-mentors-mentors-everywhere.html","title":{"rendered":"Mentors, Mentors, Everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

“A nation’s art is the expression of its soul.”<\/p>\n

-Marvin Bell<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Though we must walk our own path, mentors can crucially point the way. The UCLA Extension Writers Program has a nice writeup on the path I have taken<\/a> since enrolling in my first serious creative writing class with Angeleno poet Suzanne Lummis in 2004. She was a critical part of my formative development, and I remain truly grateful.<\/p>\n

Another mentor who has had a strong influence on my relationship to poetry since that time is Marvin Bell. I love what he has to say about the writing life<\/a>, and I love to hear him read<\/a>. He also comes across well on camera<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I am therefore delighted to be hosting him, as a representative of the soul of my home nation, alongside the equally wise and soulful English poet Esther Morgan as part of the Transatlantic Poetry on Air reading series. <\/p>\n

The best part? You don’t have to leave your living room to join me.<\/p>\n

Details of that reading in September are here:<\/p>\n

\"Click<\/a><\/p>\n

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Our very next reading in August also promises to be outstanding, featuring Jane Hirshfield and George Szirtes:<\/p>\n

\"Click<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here for the latest news and updates from the Transatlantic Poetry community<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“A nation’s art is the expression of its soul.” -Marvin Bell Though we must walk our own path, mentors can crucially point the way. The UCLA Extension Writers Program has a nice writeup on the path I have taken since enrolling in my first serious creative writing class with Angeleno poet Suzanne Lummis in 2004. …<\/p>\n

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